Oscow will continue to support the process of national reconciliation in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday after the CAR's two main armed groups held a Russia-brokered peace meeting in Khartoum.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 31st August, 2018) Moscow will continue to support the process of national reconciliation in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday after the CAR's two main armed groups held a Russia-brokered peace meeting in Khartoum.
The two-day meeting between Christian anti-Balaka militia and Muslim Seleka armed faction concluded on Wednesday with the signing of a declaration of understanding in which the groups committed themselves to peace.
"Russia, which is a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a participant in the International Support Group for the car, will continue to support the national reconciliation process that has started in this country, in coordination with the leadership of Sudan, the African Union as well as the UN and its Security Council," the statement read.
The sectarian conflict in the African country deteriorated in March 2013, when the Muslim Seleka rebels seized control of the capital, overthrowing then-President Francois Bozize, provoking a backlash from the Christian anti-Balaka militia.
